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Bulk Rate US. Postage Paid Poplar, Montana 59255
501
Vlee�ly I
VcL 28 Me. 43
frofUat, Montana
MutemAe* 6, 1997
Brockton water contaminated
BROCKTON - As of 2 a.m. Tuesday, local health officials have urged all residence of the Brockton community to not use city water for any personal uses.
THIS WATER WARNING INCLUDES, DRINKING, BATHING, OR WASHING CLOTHES AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 a.m. FRIDAY.
The Department of Environmental Quality, who routinely check water quality in communities throughout the state, found that the Brockton
Sioux chair clarifies D74A vote
The Fort Peck Sioux tribal members will be casting a vote next Wednesday, Nov. 12 on the reservation on whether to accept the government's award in Docket 74A, which is for land taken from the Sioux Nation outside and around the Black Hills.
Sioux members who live off the reservation were sent ballots, and will be voting by mail. If members living on the reservation will be out of town on Nov. 12, they can vote before they go by contacting Catherine Spotted Bird at the Tribal Office in Poplar.
There will be 3 local polling places where people can vote -the Silver Wolf Casino in Wolf Point; and the Culture Centers in Poplar and Brockton. The polls will open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 12.
The Sioux Steering Committee reently selected Joyce McGeshick, Wolf Point, as head election judge, with Helen Boyd, Brockton, as her assistant. Six judges will be picked on Monday, Nov. 10. These people will work only one day. We have a lot of applications, said Sioux General Council chairman Abby Ogle.
Ogle said a lot of people
(D74A - Page 2)
Legislation for 3 Sioux tribes pass
WASHINGTON - Three Sioux tribes, including Fort Peck's Sisseton-Wahpeton, would receive nearly $6 million under legislation approved by a Senate committee this week which would could give them a larger share of a decades-old land settlement.
Under the legislation passed, the Fort Peck, Spirit Lake Sioux in North Dakota, and the Sisseton-Wahpeton in South Dakota would receive $6 million of the $14 million that has grown from interest interest generated on $1.5 million that had been set aside by the government for descendants of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux.
The three tribes originally received $3.5 million of a $5 million settlement. Under a
(Sioux - Page 3)
water supply tested positive for Fecal Coliform Bacteria.
The presence of fecal contamination is an indicator that a potential health risk exists for individuals exposed to this water.
The time this contamination occurred is still not known, so any water obtained in the Brockton community for the past month should not be consumed.
On Monday November 3, the Brockton community was given a boil order for the water supply because it tested
positive for Coliform bacteria Although coliform bacteria are not disease causing, they do indicate the high probability of more harmful bacteria to be present in the water tested.
A follow-up test performed Wednesday did find the Fecal Coliform bacteria in the water supply.
The Fecal Coliform Bacteria presence is an indicator that the water has been contaminated with the fecal material of man or other animals.
Tribal Health director.Gary Melbourne feels that the contractors who worked on the Brockton water supply a few weeks ago did not decontaminate the water properly.Melbourne stated that he hasnt been able to locate the contractors to fix the problem.
Melbourne also stated that when t�(he contractors were working on the water, the city was without any water for 36 hours.
(Water-Page 9)
Cover for Songs for
Indian
Veterans
tape
which
carries
singers
from 6
tribes,
including
Fort
Kipp
Sioux.
Fort Kipp Singers on tape of veteran songs
MENDING THE SACRED HOOP - Once again, the Broken Lives, Mended Dreams Run for Sobriety was held across the reservation as runners coming from the east and west carried a broken hoop that was mended in front of a large crowd in from the tribal headquarters. Shown is Spotted Bull Treatment Center technician Patrick Baker mends the hoop this year, which was presented to Fort Peck Community College. See page 8 for more.
WASHINGTON D.C. - A 1971 recording of the American Flag Song by the Fort Kipp Singers will help raise funds for a national memorial for American Indian veterans, to be erected in Washington, D.C.
"American Warriors: Songs for Indian Veterans," was released this summer during a colorful ceremony in Washington and is available on CD and cassette.
The Fort Kipp recording, made during the Fort Qu'-Appelle powwow on the Standing Buffalo Reserve in Saskatchewan, is one of 10 on the CD, produced by Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart.
Also included are the recording of "Soldier Boy" by the Black Lodge Singers, the "Menominee Vietnam Veterans Song" by the Smokey-town Singers of Wisconsin,
"Strong music is like strong medicine, it has the power to heal."
Producer Mickey Hart
and a Lakota Victory Song composed just after Gen. George Custer was defeated at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
The CD honors all American Indian soldiers from all branches of the military, including warriors from the early battles in the 18th and 19th centuries, to veterans of Desert Storm.
"There is a stereotype that Indians are always asking," said Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, during the ceremony. "But Indians have paid their dues - it's about time we paid tribute to them."
(Singers - Page 3)
� Last meeting 95-97 councii
Many items for people approved
By Bonnie Red Elk Wotanin Editor
At the last meeting of the 1995-97 Tribal Executive Board, many services to the people were approved, including the purchase of 25 stoves and refrigerators and a house in Fort Kipp with the use of $54,752 in User Fee monies allocated to the Tribes from the Fort Peck Housing Authority.
The TEB authorized the purchase of 25 stoves and 25 refrigerators from the FPHA User Fee account in the amount of $15,520. The
names for the applicances were approved by the Health, Education and Welfare Committee on Oct. 15, the Resolutions Committee on Oct. 20 and the Reservation Development on Oct. 21.
The FPHA gets $150 per low rent unit from HUD, which needs to be paid to a local government who provides basic road, solid waste, water and sewer services to the tenants. Some of the monies go to the Tribes' Office of Environmental Protection for solid waste services in the outlying districts,
while the balance goes to the Trbes. Last year, the Tribes purchased a truck/tractor to haul jravel at a cost of $ 14.00C and $6000 in gravel.
Approved for refrigerators were Rozelda Loans Arrow, Carol Jean Blount, Ruth Walking Eagle, Hazel Three Star, Eunice Longtree, Darlene Johnson, Vera Iron Man, Gladys Jackson, Carmelita Eagle Boy, James Weinberger, Wallace Runs Through, Jackie Christian,
(Last-Page 10)
� 1st meeting - 97-99 council -
Vacancies created by election temporarily filled
With the election of three tribal employees to the Tribal Executive Board, three vacancies were created. At the first meeting of the new board on Monday, Oct. 27, one position will be advertised and two were referred to the programs to decide how to fill.
Leland Spotted Bird, elected to his first term on the board, resigned as associate judge of the Tribal Court. The TEB voted to advertise the position.
With the resignation of Spotted Bird and a vacancy in Juvenile Court, we only have Chief Judge AT Stafne and Associate Judge Georgia Du-pris, with Court Administrator Rita Weeks as interim judge, said Law and Justice Committee Chairman Robert Welch. That leaves the court in a crisis and with a backlog, he said as he called for temporary appointments of people who
(New-Paae 10)
TRIBAL POLICE FORCE, WITH SOME TRIBAL EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS, DURING THEIR 1ST INSPECTION: L-R Councilman John Pipe, Dale DeCoteau, Councilman Caleb Shields, Frances Combs, Leonard Wettlin, James Summers, Richie McDonald, Frank Martell, Jay
Brugh, Jose Figuoroa, Travis Jordan, John Yellow Robe, Willard White, Patrick Pipe, Dave Bets His Medicine, William Black Dog, Tribal Chairman Spike Bighorn, Police Captain Dale Headdress, Law & Justice Committee chairman Bob Welch.
Law Enforcement
inspection
completed
The Tribes Law Enforcement went under it's first complete inspection by tribal officials last Friday, Oct. 31.
All tribal police officers in full uniform were called together, and all police vehicles were brought together so Tribal Chairman Spike Bighorn and members of the new Tribal Executive Board's Law & Justice Committee could inspect both officers and vehicles.
Our vehicles were missing emergency items, such as medical kits and blankets, said
(Inspection - Page 2)
I

Bulk Rate US. Postage Paid Poplar, Montana 59255
501
Vlee�ly I
VcL 28 Me. 43
frofUat, Montana
MutemAe* 6, 1997
Brockton water contaminated
BROCKTON - As of 2 a.m. Tuesday, local health officials have urged all residence of the Brockton community to not use city water for any personal uses.
THIS WATER WARNING INCLUDES, DRINKING, BATHING, OR WASHING CLOTHES AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 a.m. FRIDAY.
The Department of Environmental Quality, who routinely check water quality in communities throughout the state, found that the Brockton
Sioux chair clarifies D74A vote
The Fort Peck Sioux tribal members will be casting a vote next Wednesday, Nov. 12 on the reservation on whether to accept the government's award in Docket 74A, which is for land taken from the Sioux Nation outside and around the Black Hills.
Sioux members who live off the reservation were sent ballots, and will be voting by mail. If members living on the reservation will be out of town on Nov. 12, they can vote before they go by contacting Catherine Spotted Bird at the Tribal Office in Poplar.
There will be 3 local polling places where people can vote -the Silver Wolf Casino in Wolf Point; and the Culture Centers in Poplar and Brockton. The polls will open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 12.
The Sioux Steering Committee reently selected Joyce McGeshick, Wolf Point, as head election judge, with Helen Boyd, Brockton, as her assistant. Six judges will be picked on Monday, Nov. 10. These people will work only one day. We have a lot of applications, said Sioux General Council chairman Abby Ogle.
Ogle said a lot of people
(D74A - Page 2)
Legislation for 3 Sioux tribes pass
WASHINGTON - Three Sioux tribes, including Fort Peck's Sisseton-Wahpeton, would receive nearly $6 million under legislation approved by a Senate committee this week which would could give them a larger share of a decades-old land settlement.
Under the legislation passed, the Fort Peck, Spirit Lake Sioux in North Dakota, and the Sisseton-Wahpeton in South Dakota would receive $6 million of the $14 million that has grown from interest interest generated on $1.5 million that had been set aside by the government for descendants of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux.
The three tribes originally received $3.5 million of a $5 million settlement. Under a
(Sioux - Page 3)
water supply tested positive for Fecal Coliform Bacteria.
The presence of fecal contamination is an indicator that a potential health risk exists for individuals exposed to this water.
The time this contamination occurred is still not known, so any water obtained in the Brockton community for the past month should not be consumed.
On Monday November 3, the Brockton community was given a boil order for the water supply because it tested
positive for Coliform bacteria Although coliform bacteria are not disease causing, they do indicate the high probability of more harmful bacteria to be present in the water tested.
A follow-up test performed Wednesday did find the Fecal Coliform bacteria in the water supply.
The Fecal Coliform Bacteria presence is an indicator that the water has been contaminated with the fecal material of man or other animals.
Tribal Health director.Gary Melbourne feels that the contractors who worked on the Brockton water supply a few weeks ago did not decontaminate the water properly.Melbourne stated that he hasnt been able to locate the contractors to fix the problem.
Melbourne also stated that when t�(he contractors were working on the water, the city was without any water for 36 hours.
(Water-Page 9)
Cover for Songs for
Indian
Veterans
tape
which
carries
singers
from 6
tribes,
including
Fort
Kipp
Sioux.
Fort Kipp Singers on tape of veteran songs
MENDING THE SACRED HOOP - Once again, the Broken Lives, Mended Dreams Run for Sobriety was held across the reservation as runners coming from the east and west carried a broken hoop that was mended in front of a large crowd in from the tribal headquarters. Shown is Spotted Bull Treatment Center technician Patrick Baker mends the hoop this year, which was presented to Fort Peck Community College. See page 8 for more.
WASHINGTON D.C. - A 1971 recording of the American Flag Song by the Fort Kipp Singers will help raise funds for a national memorial for American Indian veterans, to be erected in Washington, D.C.
"American Warriors: Songs for Indian Veterans" was released this summer during a colorful ceremony in Washington and is available on CD and cassette.
The Fort Kipp recording, made during the Fort Qu'-Appelle powwow on the Standing Buffalo Reserve in Saskatchewan, is one of 10 on the CD, produced by Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart.
Also included are the recording of "Soldier Boy" by the Black Lodge Singers, the "Menominee Vietnam Veterans Song" by the Smokey-town Singers of Wisconsin,
"Strong music is like strong medicine, it has the power to heal."
Producer Mickey Hart
and a Lakota Victory Song composed just after Gen. George Custer was defeated at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
The CD honors all American Indian soldiers from all branches of the military, including warriors from the early battles in the 18th and 19th centuries, to veterans of Desert Storm.
"There is a stereotype that Indians are always asking" said Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, during the ceremony. "But Indians have paid their dues - it's about time we paid tribute to them."
(Singers - Page 3)
� Last meeting 95-97 councii
Many items for people approved
By Bonnie Red Elk Wotanin Editor
At the last meeting of the 1995-97 Tribal Executive Board, many services to the people were approved, including the purchase of 25 stoves and refrigerators and a house in Fort Kipp with the use of $54,752 in User Fee monies allocated to the Tribes from the Fort Peck Housing Authority.
The TEB authorized the purchase of 25 stoves and 25 refrigerators from the FPHA User Fee account in the amount of $15,520. The
names for the applicances were approved by the Health, Education and Welfare Committee on Oct. 15, the Resolutions Committee on Oct. 20 and the Reservation Development on Oct. 21.
The FPHA gets $150 per low rent unit from HUD, which needs to be paid to a local government who provides basic road, solid waste, water and sewer services to the tenants. Some of the monies go to the Tribes' Office of Environmental Protection for solid waste services in the outlying districts,
while the balance goes to the Trbes. Last year, the Tribes purchased a truck/tractor to haul jravel at a cost of $ 14.00C and $6000 in gravel.
Approved for refrigerators were Rozelda Loans Arrow, Carol Jean Blount, Ruth Walking Eagle, Hazel Three Star, Eunice Longtree, Darlene Johnson, Vera Iron Man, Gladys Jackson, Carmelita Eagle Boy, James Weinberger, Wallace Runs Through, Jackie Christian,
(Last-Page 10)
� 1st meeting - 97-99 council -
Vacancies created by election temporarily filled
With the election of three tribal employees to the Tribal Executive Board, three vacancies were created. At the first meeting of the new board on Monday, Oct. 27, one position will be advertised and two were referred to the programs to decide how to fill.
Leland Spotted Bird, elected to his first term on the board, resigned as associate judge of the Tribal Court. The TEB voted to advertise the position.
With the resignation of Spotted Bird and a vacancy in Juvenile Court, we only have Chief Judge AT Stafne and Associate Judge Georgia Du-pris, with Court Administrator Rita Weeks as interim judge, said Law and Justice Committee Chairman Robert Welch. That leaves the court in a crisis and with a backlog, he said as he called for temporary appointments of people who
(New-Paae 10)
TRIBAL POLICE FORCE, WITH SOME TRIBAL EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS, DURING THEIR 1ST INSPECTION: L-R Councilman John Pipe, Dale DeCoteau, Councilman Caleb Shields, Frances Combs, Leonard Wettlin, James Summers, Richie McDonald, Frank Martell, Jay
Brugh, Jose Figuoroa, Travis Jordan, John Yellow Robe, Willard White, Patrick Pipe, Dave Bets His Medicine, William Black Dog, Tribal Chairman Spike Bighorn, Police Captain Dale Headdress, Law & Justice Committee chairman Bob Welch.
Law Enforcement
inspection
completed
The Tribes Law Enforcement went under it's first complete inspection by tribal officials last Friday, Oct. 31.
All tribal police officers in full uniform were called together, and all police vehicles were brought together so Tribal Chairman Spike Bighorn and members of the new Tribal Executive Board's Law & Justice Committee could inspect both officers and vehicles.
Our vehicles were missing emergency items, such as medical kits and blankets, said
(Inspection - Page 2)
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